Why Is Michelle Wasting Her Life?

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4.6 • 6.3K Ratings

🗓️ 5 October 2025

⏱️ 9 minutes

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Summary

Michelle says she has wanted to leave her marriage for years but, so far, the most she has done is talk about it. Call 1-800-DR-LAURA / 1-800-375-2872 or make an appointment at DrLaura.com

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0:00.0	Thanks for listening to my Call of the Day podcast.
0:03.1	You can hear my live radio program Monday through Friday from 2 to 5 p.m. Eastern Time on Sirius XM Triumph 11.
0:11.6	Michelle, welcome to the program.
0:13.9	Hi, Dr. Laura.
0:15.7	Thank you.
0:17.2	What can I help you with?
0:19.5	Well, I heard you use the words with that young lady about,
0:23.6	um, that you certainly hope that someone, you know, that she would know what was going on, you know, and she didn't.
0:32.6	And I'm kind of in the same boat with my guy.
0:36.6	What, I'm not sure I know what you mean.
0:39.2	Explain.
0:39.6	Well, okay.
0:43.8	My husband is, we're both in our 60s and we don't work.
0:50.5	He said we're retired because he got a very large inheritance and he was told me,
0:58.2	quit all my jobs.
0:59.3	I used to, I used to hold down the fort with three or four jobs at a time since my feet
1:03.6	hit this property.
1:07.0	And he has never gone out and earned a paycheck.
1:13.9	However, the ranch that we live on that belonged to his father, the house, there really weren't any bills except for our groceries and things like that, which I provided all that.
1:29.3	When you were dating him, was it the same circumstance where, how was he supporting himself?
1:38.4	He didn't work.
1:40.4	So his parents always supported him?
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